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Oregon State University study provides new insight into forest life cycles and carbon storage
Posted: March 18, 2015A century-long study in the Oregon Cascades may cause scientists to revise the textbook on how forests grow and die, accumulate biomass and store carbon.In a new analysis of forest…
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When whales roamed in what is now Africa
Posted: March 17, 2015Uplift associated with the Great Rift Valley of East Africa and the environmental changes it produced have puzzled scientists for decades because the timing and starting elevation have been poorly…
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Bill Proposed to Ban Wild Animals from Circus Performing
Posted: March 17, 2015Circus elephants just scored a victory with an announcement that Ringling Bros. will be retiring its performers, but big cats and other wild animals left behind may get their own…
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Cropping Africa's wet savannas would bring high environmental costs
Posted: March 17, 2015With the global population rising, analysts and policymakers have targeted Africa's vast wet savannas as a place to produce staple foods and bioenergy groups at low environmental costs. But a…
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The impact of increasing snowfall in Antarctica on sea level rise
Posted: March 17, 2015A new study confirms that snowfall in Antarctica will increase significantly as the planet warms, offsetting future sea level rise from other sources – but the effect will not be…
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Zoos Boost Biodiversity Understanding
Posted: March 16, 2015Zoos and aquariums around the world have a crucial role to play in helping people understand how they can protect animals and their natural habitats, new research from the University…
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The True Cost of Gasoline
Posted: March 16, 2015Financial markets notwithstanding, most of us were happy to see gas prices fall. It has certainly helped to put a little extra breathing room in our household budgets, even though we…
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How the Gecko keeps itself so clean in a dusty habitat
Posted: March 16, 2015In a world first, a research team including James Cook University scientists has discovered how geckos manage to stay clean, even in dusty deserts. The process, described in Interface, the prestigious journal…
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Renewable energy sources really making a difference!
Posted: March 15, 2015Global emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy sector stalled in 2014, marking the first time in 40 years in which there was a halt or reduction in emissions of…
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The link between diesel exhaust and lung irritation
Posted: March 14, 2015Estoril, Portugal: Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, shown how exhaust pollution from diesel engines is able to affect nerves within the lung. Air pollution is a…
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